Spinners put block on GICC’s run chase

Thursday 26th June 2008, 2:29PM BST.

Aussie Ben Taylor bowled beautifully at the start of the MCC innings. (Picture by Daniel Guerin, 0599157)

SPIN to win. That was the MCC’s motto yesterday as their slow bowlers stifled any chance of the Guernsey Island Cricket Club overcoming the visitors’ total of 224 on a slow KGV wicket yesterday.

The home side ended up on 213 and – with two wickets left – the match, which was a declaration game, resulted in a draw.

‘It was a good game and you could say that cricket was the winner,’ said GICC captain Mark Clapham. ‘It was a fighting draw. We were only 12 runs short [of victory] and they had had four more overs than us. Their spinners made the difference.

‘They came on and shut it up. We had a great start but unfortunately our middle order didn’t quite keep the tempo up.’